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FIRE KINDLER. No. 284,057.

Patentdmg. 28, 1883.

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LUDVIG PIEPGRASS, OF I-IOBOKEN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND BERTHOLD EHLER,OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEV JERSEY.

FIRE-KINDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,057, dated August28, 1881 (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUDWIG Pinreniiss, a citizen of Germany, residing atHoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New .I ersey, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Fire-Kindlers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a iire-kindler composed of a convolute coil ofveneer, card- 1o board, or other equivalent material, which is saturatedwith resin, oleic acid, or other inflammable material', and wound up ina pecu liar manner, so that the same, when ignited, will produce anintensive flame.

the coil is provided with a lighting` compound which ignites byfriction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a central section.Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end view `showing 2@ the tip.Figli is an end view showing the bottom. Fig. 5 is a plan view of theblank form from which myiire-kindler is made.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates my 1 25 ire-kindler, which ismade from a blank, B,

Fig. 5, of veneer, card-board, or other equivalent material. The blanksB, or the material from which the saine are eut, are saturated in asolution of resin and turpentine, or in l oleic acid, or in any othermaterial of a similar nature which -will render the articlehighlyiniiammable. These blanks may be eut either in the form of a rectangleor of a trapezoid, but I prefer to cut the same in the form shown 5 inFig. 5, so that the same, when wound up, will produce a convolute coil,such as shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4. If the blank is rectan gular, aconvolute coil with a center draft is produced, both ends of which areiiat, and if 4o the blank is trapezoidal a eonvolute coil with a centerdraft is produced, one end of which is concave, while the other end isconical; but by cutting the blank in the form shown in Fig. 5 theconvolute coil produced from the 4 5 same has a center draft, a, aconcave bottom, b, a conical tip, c, and a rim, d, which incloses thebottom part of the conical tip. By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seenthat the end The tip of di ofthe blank is of greater width than theremaining portion, and by this end d* the rim d is produced when theblank has been coiled up. To the end ofthe conical tip c is applied alighting compound, c, such as commonly used for friction-matches, sothat my nre-kindler can be readily ignited.

Vhen ignited, my ire-kindler burns very readily and with an intensiveflame, due to the center draft, a, and to the iniiammable material usedfor saturating the blanks. The rim d and the concave bottom b materiallyincrease the facility with which my iire-kindlers burn up. i

In packing up my ire-kindlers for transportation, the tip c of one isplaced into the concave space at the bottom of another iirekindler, andif the tip is provided with the lighting compound, the concave spaceinto which it is placed protects the lighting compound, so that the sameis not liable to be exposed to friction, which might cause its ignition.In order to obtain this result, the tip is made to Aproject only a shortdistance beyond the edge of the rim d, so that when said tip is insertedinto the concave bottom of another iire-kindler the lighting compoundattached to the same does not come in contact with the inner surface ofthe bottom.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Fatent, is-

l. A iire-kindler composed of a convoiuted sheet of card-board orequivalent material saturated or coated with an inflammable substance,and having a longitudinal unobstructa ed central draft-passage,substantially as described.

2. A iire-kindler composed of a convoluted sheetof card-board orequivalent material saturated or coated with an inflammable sub stance,and having a central longitudinal unobstructed draft-passage, andprovided at its ends, respectively, with a concavity and a conical tip,substantially as described.

3. A re-kindler composed of veneer or card-board saturated or coatedwith an inflammable substance, and wound in the form of a convolute coilwith a center draft, a concave bottom end7 a -oonioal tip7 and a oylin-In testimony whereof I haveheieunto set my drioal rim surrounding saidtip. hand and seal in the presence of two subsoiib- /10 4. A'nre-kindlei composed of yeneer or ing Witnesses.

card-board saturated o1' coated Wlth an 1n LUDWIG PIEPGRASS' [L Silammable substance, and Wound in the form*V4 of a oonvolute coil With acenter draft and a l Witnesses:

conical tip7 said tip being dipped in a'lighting I VW. HAUFF, compoundwhich will ignite by friction. E. F. KAsTENI-IUBER.

